Call Congress
Call Congress
Call Congress
Although there are many ways to be heard, one of the most effective is the straight-forward
communication of your opinions to your elected representatives. A list of their addresses (telephone
numbers, fax numbers, emails if available, and snail mail addresses) is available -ALL of which are
good ways to contact them - but the more personal the better.
Letters and telephone calls--especially from voters in legislators’ own districts--really count.
Emails, according to legislative aides, are much less effective. These tips are designed to help you
make your point in the most effective manner, which includes being polite and respectful.
GENERAL TIPS:
• Be brief and to the point.
• Use specific facts and examples to illustrate your point.
Let them know how their votes affect constituents.
• If you're asked a question and don't know the answer, simply say so and offer to get back to them
(then do!).
• Don’t assume that legislators are as well-informed as you are. Explain the situation, tell them what
you think and ask them for their position on the issue.
• Letters or calls about a specific piece of legislation should include the bill number.
WRITING LETTERS:
• Address your legislator as "Representative" or "Senator.”
• A one-page letter on a single topic is best. Be brief and specific.
• Be certain that your name and address are on the envelope and letter. Type or write legibly.
• Don't send form letters or postcards. They are not as effective as a well-written, personal letter.
Phone: (415) 393-0707 Fax: (415) 393-0710 - Washington DC: Phone: (202) 224-3841Fax: (202) 228-3954
San Francisco Address: One Post Street, Suite 2450 San Francisco, CA 94104
Lynn C. Woolsey Calif. 6th District (Santa Rosa and San Rafael)
Phone: 415-507-9554 Fax: 415-507-9601 – 1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 140 San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: 707-542-7182 Fax: 707-542-1101 College Avenue, Suite 200 Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Washington DC: Phone: 202-225-5161 Fax: 202-225-5163
Phone: 925-932-8899 Fax: 925-932-8159 - 1801 North California Boulevard, Suite 103 Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: 925-829-0813 Fax: 925-829-7318 - 100 Civic Plaza, Suite 242 Dublin, CA 94568
Phone: 925-757-7187 - 420 W Third Street Antioch, CA 94509
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-1880 Fax: 202-225-5914
Tom Lantos Calif. 12th District (San Mateo, western San Francisco)
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Phone: 650-342-0300 Phone: 415-566-5257 Fax: 650-375-8270 - 400 South El Camino Real, Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-3531 Fax: 202-225-7900
Phone: 650-323-2984 Phone: 408-245-2339 Fax: 650-323-3498 - 698 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-8104 Fax: 202-225-8890
Phone: 408-244-8085 Fax: 408-244-8086 - 3550 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 330 San Jose, CA 95117
Washington DC Phone: 202-225-2631 Fax: 202-225-2699
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Specific Areas or other Congressional Representatives? Please find them by going to one of these
sites and plugging in your zip code:
http://www.womenforpeace.org/casenate.htm
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
http://www.house.gov
Date:________
As we have entered our fifth year of this unprovoked war, and are currently spending
$4,000 every second1 (almost $250,000 a minute!) in Iraq - it is clear to the vast majority
of Americans that the time has come to bring our troops home!
<use nationalpriorities.org if you would like to find out what one hour, or one day of this war would fund in your town or
district>
Please do all you can to end this tragic war. . Our schools are deteriorating, bridges are
collapsing and New Orleans is still in shambles. Almost half of working Americans are un
- or under- insured and a "health care crisis" is still the number one cause of personal
bankruptcy in the USA.2 The state of healthcare for Veterans is a disaster. 22,500 Iraq
and Afghanistan vets with PTSD - a battle wound like any other - have been discharged
wrongly (often dishonorably) with the misdiagnosis of "personality disorder" so they
receive no benefits.3
The British Medical Journal Lancet4 has estimated (conservatively) that 973,000 Iraqis
have died (over half women and children, and over 95% civilian) and another 2 million are
refugees in neighboring countries with no rights or privileges and 2 million more are
internally displaced - homeless and hungry.
It is time to bring all the troops home now, not next year or the year after, but bring them
home starting today. Vote to get the U.S. “Out of Iraq Now – Stop Funding this War –
Fund Human Needs here. Please let me know what you will do. Thank you
Sincerely,
1
Lynne Woolsey in House Foreign Affairs Committee 17 July 2007
2
Health Affairs Feb 2005
3
House Veterans Affairs Committee 25 July 2007
4
www.lancet.com - several reports since 2004